collar iron

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the iron or twisted wire spike on the collar of a dog harness to which a string of ribbons, pompoms, or other decoration may be attached.

Quotations

1922

He [a dog] dodged and I struck the collar irons at the back of his neck and drove them nearly through my hand.